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Sun, May 10 2009

Some of New Caledonia’s best young swimmers scored well on the first day of the swimming events at Arafura Games 2009.

The medal tally by the end of the evening was 15, of which four were gold, four were silver and seven bronze.

Romaine Berthaud Bronze Boys 15-16 100m Freestyle 58.01
  Bronze Boys 400m IM 5:07.25
Laurene Gosse Bronze Girls 17 & Over 100m Butterfly 1:11.0
  Brozine Girls 400m IM 5:34.93
Armelle Hidrio Gold Girls 17 & Over 50m Backstroke 32.22
  Gold Girls 17 & Over 50m Freestyle 27.50
  Silver Girls 200m Freestyle 2:14.56
Jean Baptiste L'Huillier Gold Boys 17 & Over 50m Freestyle 24.41
  Silver Boys 200m Freestyle 1:59.61
  Bronze Boys 200m Backstroke 2:1951
Emmanuel Limozin Bronze Boys 12 & Under 100m Butterfly 1:13.66
Maeve Parayre Silver Girls 12 & Under 100m Butterfly 1:15.96
Pierre Patane Gold Boys 100m Butterflu S8-S15 1:01.93
  Bronze Boys 100m Backstroke S8-S15 1:24.33
Damon Theveny Silver Boys 13-14 200m IM 2:25.61

New Caledonia athlete Thomas Testnet won silver Sunday morning in the Triathlon 20-24 age category, finishing the course in 2:06:02.7.

For more information go to www.arafuragames.nt.gov.au.

Gail Liston (08) 8920 5536 or 0407 207 335.